Tina Wunderlich (born 10 October 1977) is a German former
football defender
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
. She played for
1. FFC Frankfurt, and was capped for the
Germany women's national football team
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.
Club career
Wunderlich retired from football in 2010, after a long career with 1. FFC Frankfurt which yielded seven
Frauen Bundesliga
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titles and seven
Frauen DFB Pokal
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cups. She also collected winners' medals in three editions of what is now the
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
.
International career
She made her debut for the senior
Germany
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national team on 25 September 1994, in an 11–0 destruction of
Switzerland in
Weingarten. In 1995 she was part of the German squad which finished runners – up in the
Women's World Cup, playing in one match against
Brazil
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. During the course of her 34–cap international career, Wunderlich also played in the
1999 Women's World Cup
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, won a bronze medal at the
2000 Olympic Games and was part of the victorious
UEFA Women's Euro 2001
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squad. Her final appearance came against
China in March 2003. Sister
Pia also played in the match.
Honours
Club
;
1. FFC Frankfurt
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UEFA Women's Cup
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T ...
(3):
2002,
2006,
2008
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Frauen Bundesliga
The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the German Foo ...
(7): 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
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Frauen DFB Pokal
The DFB-Pokal Frauen is the main national women's football cup competition in Germany, thus the female counterpart to the DFB-Pokal. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are VfL Wolfsburg ...
(7): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
International
;
Germany
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UEFA Women's Championship
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(1):
2001
References
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1977 births
Living people
German women's footballers
Germany women's international footballers
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
People from Siegen-Wittgenstein
Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region)
1. FFC Frankfurt players
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of Germany
UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
Women's association football defenders
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
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